After Her Friend Said Something Super Rude About Her Ring, She Decided To Uninvite Her From The Engagement Party
A 27-year-old woman recently got engaged to her boyfriend, who is 28-years-old. They have been together for 6 years, and her boyfriend makes very good money working in the tech industry.
Her boyfriend decided to spend a generous amount of his money on a thoughtful engagement ring for her that she considers absolutely perfect.
She knows this ring set him back a pretty penny, and though he would not reveal the precise amount he paid, he did mention to her that he spent north of $40,000 on it.
It’s a jaw-dropping amount to spend on a ring, but her boyfriend clearly wanted to spend it on her.
After her boyfriend proposed to her, she started planning an engagement party at a lake house. She planned on inviting the friends closest to her and her boyfriend.
All of her friends have already RSVPd as a yes, including one of her good friends she knows from work named Amy.
She’s been friends with Amy for 4 years now, but their relationship isn’t all that easy. Amy is a 25-year-old single mom who is not in the best place money-wise.
“Throughout the years, I have offered a lot of financial support to her such as paying for her meals and trips, paying for her daughter’s school trips and gifts, purchasing home goods for them, etc,” she explained.
She and Amy caught up for brunch not long ago, and Amy wasted no time in asking her how much her engagement ring cost.
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Although she didn’t give Amy a number, Amy insisted it had to be worth a lot of money. Amy then made a pretty rude comment to her.
She mentioned it had to be $50,000 or more, and she found it pretty appalling “to spend that much on a ring when even a fifth of that money could’ve pulled a family out of poverty?”
Honestly, this woman was flabbergasted when this came out of Amy’s mouth. She thinks it’s, well, not right to dictate to someone the ways in which they should be spending cash.
She was trying to share a moment of happiness over getting engaged, and instead, she was getting baited about her ring.
She changed gears quickly and attempted to make things not so negative, but Amy couldn’t resist.
Amy pressed her further, saying, “But seriously though…he could’ve donated half of that to a nice charity and probably saved many lives. Wow, rich people really surprise me sometimes.”
She didn’t talk about how the rest of brunch went, but she did admit that after that all happened, she didn’t feel like Amy belonged at the engagement party.
She understandably doesn’t want anything wrong happening on another special day for her, and to top it off she isn’t someone that just gets over rude things.
Next, she sent Amy a text laying everything out. She didn’t hold back in telling Amy that she was very upset about what she said at brunch, before getting around to the fact that she doesn’t feel comfortable with her coming to the party now.
She artfully ended the text by hoping they would be able to work through things in the future. Then, Amy replied.
“She responded shortly after apologizing for the comment and said how she didn’t know it would affect me that much,” the newly engaged woman said.
“She promised she’d be better about it and asked me to reconsider the party because she’s already bought an outfit and hired a babysitter, and was looking forward to celebrating with me.”
“She also added that if I was going to uninvite her from the party over such a small thing, she’d “misjudged my character.” I’ll admit, I can be a pushover sometimes. I did immediately feel bad after her message.”
Her now-fiancé supports her in any decision she wants to make, but she thinks she may have handled things with Amy too cruelly.
How would you have handled this?
You can read her original post on Reddit here here.
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